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Re: Polls as propaganda devices.
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 14 Aug 2002 05:07:35 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> But I'm wondering a bit what the point of polls are. Perhaps the point is
> "polls are anything you want them to be".
Well, you could include a standard quote at the bottom, similar to the one
at on slashdot: http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=837&aid=-1
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* Don't complain about lack of options. You've got to pick a few when you do
multiple choice. Those are the breaks.
* Feel free to suggest poll ideas if you're feeling creative. I'd strongly
suggest reading the past polls first.
* This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers,
dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything
important, you're insane.
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Of course, the one vote per member somewhat reduces the multiple voting
problem...
ROSCO
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| Let me preface this by saying that the polling mechanism just introduced, while it has some bumps (some of which have already been fixed, like the ability to keep a poll result anonymous, e.g. the CLSotW poll results are now anonymous so everyone go (...) (22 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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